Kevin Tighe By Susan King Is Kevin Tighe embarrassed over his starring role as L.A. fireman-paramedic Roy DeSoto in the 1972-77 series "Emergency!" from producer Jack Webb that also starred Randolph Mantooth as his partner? "No, I feel a great deal of pride that I was able to be a paramedic," Tighe says. "Randolph and I have stayed good friends. I was the best man at his wedding. I didn't want to scurry away from it. But it was something I did in my 20s. It didn't require a lot of acting. It didn't require a lot of great dialogue ... I don't list it in the program because it doesn't really link with what I am doing now." Truth be told, he admits he has always had a serious problem with being a celebrity, especially during the "Emergency" era. "I didn't know how to deal with it," he says, "I couldn't small talk. I would go to parties and my glasses would fog. I was truly miserable. I am a character actor. I am not a celebrity." For the last 23 years, Tighe has been building a resume of terrific character parts on film and television, including John Sayles' "Matewan" and "Eight Men Out," Lasse Hallstrom's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and as John Locke's contemptible con man father on "Lost." Continue reading this story. RELATED:  Hollywood Walk of Fame

Kevin Tighe By Susan King Is Kevin Tighe embarrassed over his starring role as L.A. fireman-paramedic Roy DeSoto in the 1972-77 series "Emergency!" from producer Jack Webb that also starred Randolph Mantooth as his partner? "No, I feel a great deal of pride that I was able to be a paramedic," Tighe says. "Randolph and I have stayed good friends. I was the best man at his wedding. I didn't want to scurry away from it. But it was something I did in my 20s. It didn't require a lot of acting. It didn't require a lot of great dialogue ... I don't list it in the program because it doesn't really link with what I am doing now." Truth be told, he admits he has always had a serious problem with being a celebrity, especially during the "Emergency" era. "I didn't know how to deal with it," he says, "I couldn't small talk. I would go to parties and my glasses would fog. I was truly miserable. I am a character actor. I am not a celebrity." For the last 23 years, Tighe has been building a resume of terrific character parts on film and television, including John Sayles' "Matewan" and "Eight Men Out," Lasse Hallstrom's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and as John Locke's contemptible con man father on "Lost." Continue reading this story. RELATED:  Hollywood Walk of Fame (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Kevin Tighe By Susan King Is Kevin Tighe embarrassed over his starring role as L.A. fireman-paramedic Roy DeSoto in the 1972-77 series "Emergency!" from producer Jack Webb that also starred Randolph Mantooth as his partner? "No, I feel a great deal of pride that I was able to be a paramedic," Tighe says. "Randolph and I have stayed good friends. I was the best man at his wedding. I didn't want to scurry away from it. But it was something I did in my 20s. It didn't require a lot of acting. It didn't require a lot of great dialogue ... I don't list it in the program because it doesn't really link with what I am doing now." Truth be told, he admits he has always had a serious problem with being a celebrity, especially during the "Emergency" era. "I didn't know how to deal with it," he says, "I couldn't small talk. I would go to parties and my glasses would fog. I was truly miserable. I am a character actor. I am not a celebrity." For the last 23 years, Tighe has been building a resume of terrific character parts on film and television, including John Sayles' "Matewan" and "Eight Men Out," Lasse Hallstrom's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and as John Locke's contemptible con man father on "Lost." Continue reading this story. RELATED:  Hollywood Walk of Fame